The Thrill of The Chase--Sherlock/Cocaine Fanmix
Last week or so I read a book where Moriarty was never evil and was a completely innocent man--Sherlock only thought so because of how deeply he'd descended into cocaine addiction. Watson took him to Vienna to be treated by Freud and Holmes became cocaine-free and depressive and left with his violin to find himself again (the author's explanation for Holmes's "death" at Reichenbach Falls). The book was okay, but it really got me thinking about the kind of man Holmes was. If he'd been the narrator instead of Watson, I would have had to consider him an even more unreliable narrator due to his sheer insanity.
This spin-off novel was no great stretch of the imagination, I was startled to realize. Holmes is anything but stable, despite his genius. All through the stories Doyle wrote, Holmes was practically anorexic, rarely slept (and did so at odd hours), and took cocaine (a "seven-per-cent solution") when bored (read: between cases). At the end of The Sign of Four, Scotland Yard has their criminal, Watson has a wife, and Holmes goes home to Baker St. and the story ends with him reaching for his cocaine solution. And I've been wondering what kind of thoughts the cocaine inspired him to or helped him avoid. So of course I've made a mix that reminds me of Holmes and his loneliness/drug addiction/general feelings on the vices and immorality he deals with/boredom/etc. To me, Holmes had two great "thrill of the chases": the first, of course, the actual physical chase where he was in top form, using his mental faculties to great purpose; and the second, the thrill of the cocaine chase.
The mix is mostly mid-tempo with some violin and French songs, as Holmes played violin (apparently very well) when he was in thought and also spoke fluent French. Just keeping it appropriate.
1. “The Death of Me”~City And Colour~
Finally, I could hope for a better day/No longer holding onto all the things that cloud my mind/Maybe then the weight of the world wouldn’t seem so heavy/But then again I’ll probably always feel this way
2. “Please Ask For Help”~Telekinesis~
I’m not gonna let you down/But I’m not gonna help you up/It takes so long to turn me around/When I think nothing could be wrong
3. “Fire Dance”~Edvin Marton
Instrumental-Violin
4. “Mentir”~Marie-Mai~
Tortured by boredom, one creates stories/To lie so well, we end up believing/How to cope without deceiving everyone/When leaving, take it over in his grave
5. “Shoot Your Gun”~22-20s~
Well I just can’t relate/And where’d you learn to shoot your gun so straight?
6. “Ready To Start”~Arcade Fire~
If I was scared, I would/And if I was bored, I would/And if I was yours…but I’m not
7. “Demons”~Fenech-Soler~
Well hello old friends, the night is dark and I feel cold/The sun is setting/I need to get out before it starts
8. “The Remedy”~Abandoned Pools~
Say this world is not so shallow/When you can’t beg, steal, or borrow/Save your breath, your soul is hollow/And it’s all too much to swallow
9. “Bite Hard”~Franz Ferdinand~
I may be lonelier now, but I’m happy alone-honest./ It ain’t lonely alone/What would we talk about anyway?
10. “Blindness”~Metric~
I was the one with the world at my feet/Got us a battle, leave it up to me.
11. “Illuminated”~Hurts~
Swing me these sorrows/And try delusion for awhile/It’s such a beautiful night.
12. “Perfect”~Smashing Pumpkins~
So far I still know who you are/But now I wonder who I was
13. “Philosophia”~The Guggenheim Grotto~
But in time a thought comes tugging on the sleeve edge of our minds/Perhaps no perfect way exists at all, just many different kinds/Oh but if it’s just a thing of taste then everything unwinds/For without an absolute, how can the absolute define?
14. “Think of England”~IAMX~
I was alone at the front line/The message I was told was to try and find/The joy of a lifetime/I just can’t think of England/I can’t see the picture/I’m still running from the fire…
15. “C’est Escrit”~Thierry Amiel~
(Translated from the French) Wherever you go, the same fault bleeds us pale/Make us believe a useless fantasy.
16. “Protégé Moi”~Placebo~
Protect me from what I want…
17. “Iceberg”~Celtic Air~
Instrumental
18. “The Walk”~Imogen Heap~
Inside out, upside down twisting beside myself/Stop that now, you’re as close as it gets without touching me/Oh no, don’t make it harder than it already is/Mmm, I feel a weakness coming on
19. “Mine Is Yours (Passion Pit Remix)”~Cold War Kids~
Realistic love runs out of room/I try to talk back but my mouth don’t move/Cause I don’t own the sun/I don’t own the moon
20. “Black Burning Heart”~Keane~
I wish that I could be in the cellars of the sea/And disappear in them, never to be seen again.
Download Here: The Thrill of The Chase
EDIT: Because I'm absentminded, I forgot to add #13 to the original folder so please download it separately here, it's worth it: Philosophia by The Guggenheim Grotto
Enjoy~
This spin-off novel was no great stretch of the imagination, I was startled to realize. Holmes is anything but stable, despite his genius. All through the stories Doyle wrote, Holmes was practically anorexic, rarely slept (and did so at odd hours), and took cocaine (a "seven-per-cent solution") when bored (read: between cases). At the end of The Sign of Four, Scotland Yard has their criminal, Watson has a wife, and Holmes goes home to Baker St. and the story ends with him reaching for his cocaine solution. And I've been wondering what kind of thoughts the cocaine inspired him to or helped him avoid. So of course I've made a mix that reminds me of Holmes and his loneliness/drug addiction/general feelings on the vices and immorality he deals with/boredom/etc. To me, Holmes had two great "thrill of the chases": the first, of course, the actual physical chase where he was in top form, using his mental faculties to great purpose; and the second, the thrill of the cocaine chase.
The mix is mostly mid-tempo with some violin and French songs, as Holmes played violin (apparently very well) when he was in thought and also spoke fluent French. Just keeping it appropriate.
1. “The Death of Me”~City And Colour~
Finally, I could hope for a better day/No longer holding onto all the things that cloud my mind/Maybe then the weight of the world wouldn’t seem so heavy/But then again I’ll probably always feel this way
2. “Please Ask For Help”~Telekinesis~
I’m not gonna let you down/But I’m not gonna help you up/It takes so long to turn me around/When I think nothing could be wrong
3. “Fire Dance”~Edvin Marton
Instrumental-Violin
4. “Mentir”~Marie-Mai~
Tortured by boredom, one creates stories/To lie so well, we end up believing/How to cope without deceiving everyone/When leaving, take it over in his grave
5. “Shoot Your Gun”~22-20s~
Well I just can’t relate/And where’d you learn to shoot your gun so straight?
6. “Ready To Start”~Arcade Fire~
If I was scared, I would/And if I was bored, I would/And if I was yours…but I’m not
7. “Demons”~Fenech-Soler~
Well hello old friends, the night is dark and I feel cold/The sun is setting/I need to get out before it starts
8. “The Remedy”~Abandoned Pools~
Say this world is not so shallow/When you can’t beg, steal, or borrow/Save your breath, your soul is hollow/And it’s all too much to swallow
9. “Bite Hard”~Franz Ferdinand~
I may be lonelier now, but I’m happy alone-honest./ It ain’t lonely alone/What would we talk about anyway?
10. “Blindness”~Metric~
I was the one with the world at my feet/Got us a battle, leave it up to me.
11. “Illuminated”~Hurts~
Swing me these sorrows/And try delusion for awhile/It’s such a beautiful night.
12. “Perfect”~Smashing Pumpkins~
So far I still know who you are/But now I wonder who I was
13. “Philosophia”~The Guggenheim Grotto~
But in time a thought comes tugging on the sleeve edge of our minds/Perhaps no perfect way exists at all, just many different kinds/Oh but if it’s just a thing of taste then everything unwinds/For without an absolute, how can the absolute define?
14. “Think of England”~IAMX~
I was alone at the front line/The message I was told was to try and find/The joy of a lifetime/I just can’t think of England/I can’t see the picture/I’m still running from the fire…
15. “C’est Escrit”~Thierry Amiel~
(Translated from the French) Wherever you go, the same fault bleeds us pale/Make us believe a useless fantasy.
16. “Protégé Moi”~Placebo~
Protect me from what I want…
17. “Iceberg”~Celtic Air~
Instrumental
18. “The Walk”~Imogen Heap~
Inside out, upside down twisting beside myself/Stop that now, you’re as close as it gets without touching me/Oh no, don’t make it harder than it already is/Mmm, I feel a weakness coming on
19. “Mine Is Yours (Passion Pit Remix)”~Cold War Kids~
Realistic love runs out of room/I try to talk back but my mouth don’t move/Cause I don’t own the sun/I don’t own the moon
20. “Black Burning Heart”~Keane~
I wish that I could be in the cellars of the sea/And disappear in them, never to be seen again.
Download Here: The Thrill of The Chase
EDIT: Because I'm absentminded, I forgot to add #13 to the original folder so please download it separately here, it's worth it: Philosophia by The Guggenheim Grotto
Enjoy~